Hoyer Announces Winners of 2014 Member Online All-Star Competition

WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) announced the winners of the 2014 Member Online All-Star Competition today. See below for the list of Members, Committees, and Caucuses that have been named 2014 Online All-Stars.

“I’m pleased to announce this year’s Online All-Stars, who led House Democrats in acquiring over 213,000 new followers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube,” stated Whip Hoyer. “Over this three-week competition, House Democrats did an outstanding job connecting with hundreds of thousands of new followers, surpassing last year’s total by 50,000. I congratulate Reps. John Lewis, Joaquin Castro, and Dan Kildee on being named MVPs, and I thank all of the Members and their staffs for their hard work and innovative efforts to reach and engage with more Americans through social media.”

This year’s competition included Instagram for the first time, and the contest resulted in the near doubling of House Democrats with Instagram accounts, from 50 accounts prior to the competition to 88 accounts now. House Democrats gained 6,500 new followers on Instagram during the competition.

Note: Members of Leadership, while participating in the competition, were not counted in determining All-Stars and are not included in the list below.